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Welcome to the Phenomenology Workshop!

Welcome to the Phenomenology Workshop!. Norm Friesen March, 2006. What is Phenomenology?. Shaking Hands. Share something Sometimes “automatic” & habitual If hand or eye are “wrong” then we “experience” it Come closer physically; touch, physical Characteristics of the “grip”

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Welcome to the Phenomenology Workshop!

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  1. Welcome to the Phenomenology Workshop! Norm Friesen March, 2006

  2. What is Phenomenology?

  3. Shaking Hands • Share something • Sometimes “automatic” & habitual • If hand or eye are “wrong” then we “experience” it • Come closer physically; touch, physical • Characteristics of the “grip” • Respectful attention • Eye contact is important(from: Max van Manen)

  4. Phenomenology • A philosophy and a methodology • Philosophers: Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger • Methodologists: van Manen, Sokolowski • “A context-sensitive and transdisciplinary form of inquiry into lived experience” • “An attitude or disposition of sensitivity and openness to everyday, experienced meanings as opposed to theoretical ones”(from: Max van Manen, www.phenomenologyonline.com)

  5. Characteristics • Starting point: the intuitive experience of phenomena (what presents itself to us in conscious experience) • tries to extract from it the essential features of experiences • A wide range of schools and approaches • description

  6. Hermeneutics • interpretation • a philosophical technique concerned with the interpretation and understanding of texts. • the theory of the interpretation and understanding of a text on the basis of the text itself

  7. Applied Examples

  8. Applied Examples

  9. Why phenomenology? • Provides insights into important aspects that are escape rational frameworks and other, qualitative methods. E.g: • What is it like to be tactful as a teacher? • How can one create a “healing” atmosphere as a nurse? • How can a computer communicate indirectly, via the environment? (from: Max van Manen, www.phenomenologyonline.com)

  10. Phenomenology as a Method • No prescribed, ordered set of steps to be followed • Sensitive and adapted to the research subject matter and context • Range of choices and techniques to choose from (from: Max van Manen, www.phenomenologyonline.com)

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